Art-style fastener for pin-up drawings



1952 w. A. WORTH, JR 83, 2

ART-STYLE FASTENER FOR PIN-UP DRAWINGS Filed Sept. 15, 1950 Inventor Winfield ,4. Worth, Jr.

Patented Jan. 22, 1952 ART-STYLE FASTENER FOR PIN-UP DRAWINGS Winfield A. Worth, Jr., Hyattsville, Md., assignor of one-half to Jeanie H. Worth, Hyattsville, Md.

Application September 13, 1950, Serial No. 184,645

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to unique ways and means whereby attractive pin-ups, such as drawings, photographs and the like, may be cleverly and skillfully displayed from a room wall, from an artist's display board or the like.

It is a matter of common knowledge that unframed and unmounted sheets of drawings and relatively flimsy pictures and the like, especially those in the so-called pin-up category are often used to advantage in interior wall decorating requirements. Thumbtacks and in some instances special two-part fasteners are employed to clip or otherwise attach the drawing to a piece of tapestry or textile valance or panel and these for the most part have been accepted and used. There has, however, long existed a need for a differently constructed fastener for the purposes stated which is not only reliably useful and easy to handle but is, more importantly, characterized by eye appeal and other decorative properties which are calculated to appeal to and appease those concerned with interior wall decorating achievements. The instant invention, therefore, has to do with a unique and skillfully clever fastener which constitutes a novel contribution to the art and in which manufacturers and users will find their anticipated needs fully met, contained and amply available.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a simple and economical fastener construction-for pin-up drawings and photographs which will adorn the over-all display with requisite nicety and which, because of its subtle prominence will appeal to users having a knack for dressing a Wall surface with discretionary result- 9 l'ulness.

Briefly summarized, the inventive concept has to do with the complete ensemble involving-the fixed wall, a piece of tapestry or the like hung from said wall, a relatively small base member interposed and concealed between the wall and the reverse side of said tapestry, a fine sharppointed brad carried by said base member and projecting therefrom on an oblique angle, the pointed. end of said brad piercing and passing beyond the obverse side of said tapestry, a sheet of drawings superimposed against said tapestry, and also pierced by said brad, and a dummy spike having a shank with an end-contacting said sheet, said brad being driven axially into said shank, whereby to bind the tapestry and sheet between the base member and shank.

Then too, novelty is predicated on that aspect of the situation wherein the so-called spike is of soft wood and easy to receive the pointed shank of the brad, the end of the shank of the spike being obliquely mitered so as to bear against the picture and to give the observer the illusion that the shank of said spike actually pierces the sheet of drawings andtapestry and is "nailed to said wall when, as a matter of fact, only the small brad passes through the tapestry and picture.

Other objects and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the views:

Figure l is a face elevational view showing a piece of tapestry or the like, the unmounted relatively flimsy artist's drawing and the improved fasteners and manner in which they are used to hang up the picture;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the spike member of the fastener construction;

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the complemental brad equipped member; and,

Figure 4 is an exaggerated fragmentary sectional view showing the complete ensemble and manner in which the components combine.

Referring now to the views of the drawings by way of reference numerals and accompanying lead lines, attention is first directed to Figure 4 wherein A designates a fixed support such as a wall having hung or otherwise suspended thereon a fabric panel or the like B. This may, perhaps, be best visualized as, let us say, a piece of tapestry or, the other 'extreme, a piece of burlap. The unframed or so-called unmounted picture, photograph, drawing or the like, is denoted at C. This may be a simple flimsy sheet of drawing paper with an artists sketch or the like D appearing thereon. There are four fasteners employed and these are, of course, secured to the corner portions of the drawing to thus attach it to and suspend it from the piece of tapestry B. Since each fastening device or construction is the same a description of one will suflice for all. Reference is therefore further had to Figure 4 wherein one unit or part of the fastener is denoted by the numeral 6. This is best shown in Figure 3 wherein it takes the form of a wooden or equivalent block 8 having flat surfaces and having a sharppointed wire nail or brad Ill driven therethrough. The brad takes an oblique position in respect to the coacting surface l2 of the block. This should be at an angle other than a right angle to obtain the desired artistic effects. The other unit or part of the fastener construction i denoted by 55 the numeral l4 and this comprises a dummy 3 spike" of prominence in size which might, perhaps, be referred to as oversize in proportions. This is preferably of wood and comprises a suitably finished tapering shank l6 having a knoblike head [8 at one end. The opposite end of the shank is miter-ed as at and provides an abutment which is adapted to rest against the surface ofethe picture i1'1'.th6 mannershown in: Figure 4 to cant the spike at the approximate" angle disclosed. The pointed shank of the brad w passes through the tapestry, the picture, and is axially driven into the shank I 6. .Thus;=the: units or 6 and I4 are nailed together and bind the tapestry); and picture therebetween in horizontally secure fashion but also achieves an 'ornamental resultf:

in that the over-all ensembleisthussuspended as well as adorned. The use-of :-the.:spike.- .-pro1 vides significant but subtle prominence and affords the user the decorative properties wanted-e It is believed that the invention is a clever mani- 1-1 festation of thatrwhichiis calculatedto :appea'l' to and". appease :those concerned "'iwith; .:unique :in-.; terior wall .'decorationiaccomplishments...1 It isyof course; importanttostress thefact that the smallt or slender brad; does ;not' in :any manner tear 01' disrupt the displayed. pin-up" or other item, On the other' hand; it givesithe" observer the clever illusion thatl the spike has been' actually driven through :the picture; throughv the tapestry and into the I wall, bringing about; as s is :obviousfa unique result indeed.

Iti is thought thatrpersons skilled in the art to= which the invention relates will beable to 0b'- tain a clear understanding of the invention after considering -:the: description 'in -.-connection "with thedrawings. 1 Therefora-a more lengthy descripat tioruis regarded asunnecessary;

Minor changes in the shapemsize sandtarrangeez= ment'. of details coming within the field Lof invention claimed may beresortedto in actual practice, i40

if desired.

Having describedthe' invention, wl'ratisclaimed:z asnew is 1. .In combination, a flxed:wall'-,:a pieceiof tap-5:

estry or the like hung 'fromsaid Wall, a relatively." ;5

small base memberrinterposed' andiconcealedibe; tweenvthe wall .and :the reversesidetofashid tapes-3?- try, .a fin'ez sharp+pointedzbrad carriedzby said ZbBISBL L 4 member and projecting therefrom on an oblique angle, the pointed end of said brad piercing and passing beyond the obverse side of said tapestry, a sheet of drawings superimposed against said tapestry and also pierced by said brad, and a said spike is also ornate and decorative and, be-

ing' 'thus unique in appearance, functions to fancifully adorn the overeall ensemble.

4. aAss-a new article of. manufacture, a fastener forthangingan unmounted: flimsy picture orv sheet. of drawings froma walltapestry, valance .or the:v like;:comprising ia relativelysmallv wooden fiat surfacedtblocki.adapted to :occupy a hidden position betweenwa stationary wall or the like and said tapestry, a fine pointed relatively short brad driven through'thelcenter of said block and hav-- ing'the desired obliquity in respect-to a surface of the block, and a relatively largeknob; thelatterbeing of' wood, having a tapering shank withan ornamentalhead-at its outer end, the opposite inner :end: of said shank being -mitered to provideran oblique abutment. whereby-when :saidb bradis forcediaxiallyinto said shank, the latterv and :brad project. at an. angle other' than right angles relative tosaid-block;

WINFIELD A. WORTH, .Jin:

REFERENCES CITED file of "this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 226,721 Conried Apr. 20,- 1880 Peters Oct. .24, 1950 

